Vice Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Richard Cody visited Fort Stewart Friday and Saturday, talking with soldiers and family members and speaking at the sendoff ceremony for the Indiana 76th Brigade Combat Team.

A constellation of generals' stars shone at the Saturday farewell ceremony for the 76th Brigade, Indiana National Guard, along with other dignitaries, a huge crowd of spectators and a large contingent of the Indiana press.

WASHINGTON -- Officials project five U.S. Army brigades and two Marine battalions will leave Iraq by the end of July, but it's too soon to project troop levels beyond that, a senior U.S. military officer said here today.

March 13, 2008|
By Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service
|Military

Representatives of four members of Congress received an update on the progress of Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield's Warriors in Transition Battalion at Winn Army Community Hospital from Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield Medical

WASHINGTON Based on debris analysis, officials are confident the Feb. 21 missile intercept and destruction of a nonfunctioning National Reconnaissance Office satellite was successful in destroying the fuel tank and reducing risk to people on Earth, the Defense Department announced Monday.

The satellite's fuel tank contained hydrazine, a hazardous chemical that could have posed a risk to humans if the satellite or its fuel tank had reentered the atmosphere intact.

RUKLA, Lithuania - Cranes hoisted five U.S. Army tanks into Lithuania on March 15, marking the first time the two nations will train with tanks since 1990, when the country became an independent state.